Modern golf instruction, put simply, is a fusion of old, classic fundamentals and technology-driven new ideas. But just as there are timeless tips that still hold up today, there are other old-school ideas that have been largely abandoned by top instructors and players. One of those is the old takeaway, says Michael Breed, one of Read more…
One thing I see with most amateurs, especially slicers, is that they don’t know how to take the club back the correct way, a key to accuracy and solid ball-striking. Whereas the best players lift the club up using their shoulders to start the backswing, the average golfer takes the club away very low to Read more…
At The Open, the task is navigating whatever happens to be in front of you that week, that day, that hour. It’s rarely fair, and never easy. They each reflect the culture they exist within, and the types of champions they produce.
There’s an adage in journalism that says if both sides of a complicated issue are unhappy with a story, that must mean it was fair. This might best summarize the World Handicap System as well. There is no easy way to create an equitable system among golfers of broad skill levels. Scratch players feel like Read more…
The rain poured during the third round at the Open Championship, and it created carnage at Royal Troon. Pros exist in precise little windows, but with the rain comes added variables. It makes playing golf a lot more complicated, in four ways specifically … 1. Knuckling The main issue the rain creates is that it Read more…
TROON, Scotland—For the first seven holes, players march in an almost perfectly straight line, back into the wind, and all the way out to the far corner of Royal Troon’s property. It’s exhausting to walk, let alone to hit golf shots in. Then they reach the par-3 8th, Royal Troon’s famed Postage Stamp hole, and Read more…
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When I’m playing in a pro-am or an outing for a sponsor, I usually struggle to explain my short-game technique if I’m put on the spot. I stand there and have to think really hard about what I do. People say I’ve got all the shots around the green anyone could ever need, but I’ve Read more…
TROON, Scotland—There’s nothing particularly interesting about standing around. We all do it, and professional golfers do, too. But unlike the rest of us, tour players stand on their legs in two very specific ways. You see it a lot on the ground at tour events, and you can spot both forms at Royal Troon during Read more…
Tiffany Joh knows a lot about what makes some of the best young golfers in the country so great. She was one herself (winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links in 2006 and 2008) before competing for 11 years on the LPGA Tour. After retiring as a player, she got into coaching and recently accepted Read more…
TROON, Scotland — There’s a lot to distract you at Royal Troon, especially during the first round. The wind; the rain; the ocean flanking the sides of holes; the pot bunkers hiding everywhere. Then, there’s the imaginary window players see right in front of them. Listen for the word “windows” this week. Pros are deeply Read more…
As a kid in Sweden, I loved hitting driver. My dad, who played professionally on the Swedish Golf and Senior tours, taught me the basic swing fundamentals, and I’d spend hours on the range trying to hit the ball as far as I could. Learning how to swing the club fast was important to my Read more…
TROON, Scotland—It’s not just that Rory McIlroy hits his driver far and straight. It’s that he hits his driver far, straight, and high. It’s that last part that is always the most impressive. McIlroy hits the ball really high; higher than it seems possible for most humans to do. His apex averaged more than 120 Read more…
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